Filter



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FILTER Harry W. Dcnhard, Oakland, Calif., assignor to Oliver United Filters Incorporated, Oakland,r Calif., a corporation of Nevada i Application January 3, 1944. Serial No. 516,839

' 4 claims. (ci. 21o-201) This invention relates in general to continuous rotary filters and more specifically to means for discharging lters of this type. l

The mechanism resorted to for discharging continuous industrial filters is determined largely by the nature of the material being filtered and the character of the cake which it forms.

Fibrous cakes, such as are formed during the n1- tration of paper pulps, are frequently discharged by a uid jet or'a series of fluid jets impinging on the lter medium beneath a doctor or scraper disposed across the face of the lter medium in the path of the on-coming cake, as shown in the Young Patent No. 2,070,074, of February 9, 19,37.

The fluid jet serves to lift the sheet of cake from the filter medium, thereby permitting it to slide downwardly over the doctor or scraper. The iluid jets are produced by a series of spray nozzles disposed beneath the doctor in communication with a manifold. l y

More frequently, this type of discharge is used in connection with rotary drum fllters, the continuous operation and capacity of which, like all other types of continuous lters. depend upon a clean and continuous discharge of the cake formed thereon.

In operating lters equipped with dischargers of this type, I have found that frequently one or more of the spray nozzles becomes plugged or stopped up, and that as a consequence those zones or bands of the cake opposite these noz' zles are not discharged. If this condition is allowed to prevail, the capacity of the filter is .materially reduced, and in some instances the cover or filter medium is torn by the wedging of the cake between the doctor and the illter medium. In any event,\it is frequently necessary to shut, down the illter, in order tov clean out the plugged spray nozzles and to make any ren pairs required to the lter medium.

In general, then, the object of this invention is the provision of means whereby the nozzles used' in this type of discharger may be readily and quickly cleared of foreign matter without the necessity of shutting down -the filter, and before any injury has been done to the filter, and before any material reduction in capacity has been incurred.

More specifically, the' object of this invention is the provision in a discharger of rthis general type, of spray nozzles having reversible orifices, and which are accessible through openings in the doctor or scraper. e

The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description where that form of the invention which has been selected for illustration in the drawing accompanying and forming a part of' the present specification is outlined in full. In said drawing, one form of the invention is shown, but it is to be understood that it is not limited to such form, since the invention as set forth in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a partial 'side elevation of a. convtinuous rotary drum illter provided with a cake discharger embodying the objects of my inven-` tion.

Figure 2 is a` vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2,2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of a reversible orifice spray nozzle forming a part of my invention and shown in its normal operative position.Y

Figure 4 is a section similar to that shown in Figure 3, but with the nozzle orifice shown in its reverse or cleaning position.

As indicated in Figures 1 and 2, the objects of my invention have been embodied in continuous rotary .drum filters comprising a lter tank II including opposed tank heads I2 and I3. Ro-

tatably disposed within the tank is a filter drum I4 covered with a lter medium I5, which may be of standard construction as generally shown in the Oliver Patent NO. 919,628, 0f April 27, 1909.

Preferably the drum Il is of the sectionalized type, as shown in the Oliver patent, and is provided with an automatic filter valve by means of which each of the lter compartments may be successively subjected to an inwardly directed differential ltering pressure during the cake forming and drying phases of its cycle of opera-` tion, and by means of which the inwardly directed diierential pressure can be cut ofi. or a reverse blow back pressure applied during the cake discharge phase of its cycle of operation. Since these'characteristics are well known in the industry, and of themselves do not constitute my invention, it is deemed unnecessary to here describe them in further detail.

Welded to the tank Il at the discharge station of the filter is a tank apron I6 formed at its upper edge with a downwardlyr extending flange Il. Bolted to the upper face of the apron I6 is a pair of opposed clips I8 and I9, each of which forms one element of a doctor hinge. Pivoted to each of Vthe clips I8 and I9 are ribs of doctor hinges. Welded to each of the ribs 2l and 22 are upstandlng pipes 23 and 24, and conv necting each of these pipes with a suitable source of liquid under pressure are hose sections 25 and ment with its associated bracket 21 and to which' the bolt 31| is adjustably secured by nuts 33 and 34. Welded to and communicating withthe lower ends of the upstanding pipes 23 and 24 is a manifold 35 extending across the face of the lter drum I4 immediately in front of the flange `Welded to the outer face of the manifold 35 is a blade or doctor 3B generally tangential with the filter drum, having its outer end partially overlapping the tank apron I6, and formed with its inner edge 31 downwardly inclined. Secured to the upper face of the doctor is a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending cake riding bars 38. Welded to the lower face of the doctor is a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending stiflening ribs 35, which conveniently may be made of box form.

Threaded to the manifold 35 Within each of the channels defined by adiacent pairs of the spaced stiiiening ribs 38 is a nipple 4I, and threaded on each of these nipples is a spray nozzle generally designated by the reference numerall42.

Each of the nozzles 42 comprises a valve body 43 formed with a longitudinal bore 44 and with a transverse tapered bore 45. Seated within the bore45 is a valve plug 4E formed with a transverse bore 41 and a counter bore 48 in alignment with the longitudinal bore 44 of the valve body. Disposed'within the counter bore 48 is a nozzle tip 49 whichin the operative position of the plug valve 46 is outwardly convergent. The valve 46 terminates at its upper end in a Wing 5I and is held in its seated position in the valve body by a washer 52 and screw 53. v

Formed in the doctor 36 is a plurality of longitudinally spaced holes 54, one in alignment with each of the wings I of the valves 46, and through which a suitable wrench may be inserted for reversing the position of any of the valves 4B `from their normal operative position, as shown in Figure 3, to their reverse or cleaning position as shown in Figure 4. By adjusting the valves to this latter position, any foreign matter accumulated within the valve may be blown out without the necessity of shutting down the filter, and without disturbing the normal operation of any of the other spray nozzles.

Although as shown in Figure 2, the position of the spray nozzles is fixed with respect to the doctor assembly, the angular position of this assembly with respect to the filter drum I4 can be changed at will by means of the` adjusting bolts 3l. Preferably position is such that the doctor blade 3S is generally tangential with the iilter drum, so that the spray from the nozzles passes between the edge 31 of the doctor and the drum to lift the cake 55 from the filter medium immediately in advance of the doctor. In this connection, it should be noted that the spray 2l and 22 forming the complementary elements from the nozzles produces van-:aspirator effect, and that the cake is actually discharged by the combined action of the spray and by air which is drawn past the tip of the doctor due to the vaccessible through said openings; and means for establishing communication between said nozzles and a source of fluid under pressure.

2. In a continuous lter wherein a filter element is arranged to rotate through a body of material to be filtered and thereby continuously picks up a layer of solids, a discharger for removing said solids from said lter element, comprising: an apertured doctor blade held across the face of said filter element and slightly inclined with respect thereto; a spray nozzle disposed on the under side of said doctor blade and directedtoward the forward edge thereof, each of said nozzles being provided with an orifice accessible through one of the apertures in said blade; and means for ,establishing communication between said nozzles and a source of fluid under pressure.

- 3. In a. continuous lfilter' wherein a. lter element is arranged to travel in a closed path through a body of material to be ltered under the influence of a differential filtering plessure, and in so doing picks up a cake of solids, a discharger for removing said cake from said filter `element comprising: a doctor blade held adjacent said filter element at a slight angle thereto and formed with a plurality of spaced open'- ings; spray nozzles located opposite said openingsin the angle formed by said lter element and said doctor blade; a plug valve associated with each of said spray nozzles and formed with a fluid passageway extending transversely therethrough, said plug being rotatable through soas to reverse the passageway therein end for end; and means for establishing communica` tion between said nozzles and a source of fluid under pressure.

4. In a lter wherein a lter'drum is arranged to rotate through a body of material to be filtered, and inso doing to pick up a cake of solids under the influence of a diflerential filtering pressure, a discharger for removing said cake of solids from said'fllter drum, comprising: a plurality of spray nozzles aligned across the face of said lter drum and directed substantially tangentially thereto; 

